By Nicole DeZarn
The DeZarn family needs your help to get a service dog. We have four children, one biological child and three children we adopted from foster care. All three have special needs. Our service dog will be trained to help all three of these children.
When we started the process of searching for an agency [...]
By Angela Ward
Margaret Ward was born in January, 2002. She turned 10 years old in January of 2012. We discovered that Maggie had medical issues at birth. She spent 5 weeks in the NICU with breathing and eating issues. She was given a G-Tube and afterwards I was trained on how [...]
By Patty Caudle
I have a seven-year-old son, Joshua Caudle with severe Autism and ADHD. I learned that there was something wrong with my son when he was just a couple of months old. He didn’t smile or respond to any stimulation. I took him in to the doctors but it wasn’t until he was [...]
By Suzanne Rust
Lauren Elizabeth Rust, seven years old, was born with a mild/moderate loss in the low/high frequencies and her loss has progressed to severe/profound in the low/high frequencies.
Although she reads lips well, Lauren Elizabeth has difficulty hearing when people are not facing her. She currently wears hearing aids that work to translate the high/mid [...]
By Misherald “Missy” Brown
As parents we all have our dreams and expectations of what our children should be like, but have you ever thought about what it feels like to live as a child who people see as different . . . but as a parent, you see this child as a special little person [...]
By Delmer and Ann Michelle Brower
Our son, Kennan James Brower, is seven-and-a-half years old. At age three, we noticed some things weren’t quite right, but did not know how serious it was until a little over a year ago.
We discovered that because of nicotine, alcohol, and cocaine exposure in utero, he has the following [...]
By Colleen Siau
On January 5, 2011, at four months old, Evie’s life changed. All of our lives changed. Evie went to the hospital that morning after having her first of over twenty seizures ranging from 2-45 minutes each. Two days later, it was confirmed that she had Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
Sturge-Weber is characterized by [...]
By Ron & Lori Snyder
At first glance, William Snyder appears to be your typical 8-year-old, but he has been our little miracle from the start.
Our first-born son loves baseball, football, coloring and swimming. There’s also something magical about his infectious laugh and crooked smile that touches everyone around him.
William is also an amazing big brother [...]
By Christina McConnell
Aarilynne McConnell is a bright, sweet, and very beautiful 3 ½-year-old little girl who lives with her parents, an older sister, and a younger sister in Summerville, SC. However, Aarilynne suffers from several debilitating medical complications as well as global developmental delays (GDD).
Aarilynne was born 6 weeks prematurely after a complicated pregnancy. We [...]
